“The offending DVD starts with a menu screen that displays various school trips and functions, and when you click on one of them, you see kids in a classroom sharing stories. They start clapping, then the video suddenly cuts to sex. ‘It goes from my son, straight to her on the couch,’ said ‘Joe,’ who saw the video along with his son and did not wish to be identified. ‘My son’s reaction was, ‘Dad, is that Ms. Defanti?” ‘We were up till midnight doing the ‘birds and the bees,” he added. The person in the video turned out to be Isabelle Jackson Elementary fifth grade teacher Crystal Defanti. ‘All she could say was that it was a horrible mix up,’ Joe said. ” Link
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“Caroline Maria McNeal of Huntingdon is accused of using the passwords of three co-workers without their knowledge to tamper with dozens of grades and test scores between May 2006 and July 2007 at Huntingdon Area High School in central Pennsylvania, the state attorney general’s office said. McNeal, 39, is alleged to have improved her daughter Brittany’s grades and reduced those of two classmates to enhance Brittany’s standing in the 2008 graduating class.” Link
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“A public high school principal in Ohio is trying to take the dirty out of dancing by forcing students who attend school formals to sign an agreement that they will not ‘grind’ — a dance style the educator says ’simulates sex on the dance floor.’ Michael Mayell, principal of Brunswick High School in Madina County, Ohio, is requiring students to sign a pledge to follow 10 provisions if they are to attend the school’s winter formal on Saturday.” [Link]
“With the backing of some major health organizations, a majority of schools across the country are allowing youngsters to stay in class if they have nits — that is, lice eggs — but no crawling lice in their hair. It’s a change recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School Nurses.” [Link]
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“Officials say a Gulfport middle school teacher and basketball coach has been suspended following her arrest on sex charges, including a 14-year-old girl. Catryna L. Martin was a teacher at North Gulfport Middle School. Harrison County School Superintendent Henry Arledge says Martin was arrested Friday and suspended. He also said Martin will be fired from her posts and can appeal the firing to the school board.” [Link]
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